The Family traces events in the life of Carlo, from his christening in 1906 to his 80th birthday party. The film principally explores his relationships with younger brother Guilio, his wife Beatrice and her sister Adriana, whom Carlo loved as a young man.Read More »
Synopsis
The movie takes place in the five-day period before, during and after a ferocious, seemingly liberating typhoon, which several students endure while marooned in their school gymnasium.Read More »
“Zan Boko says everything that needs to be said about an endangered way of life.”
New York Times
“The critical camera becomes an instrument of resistance in the face of the technocrats. Zan Boko tells the story of modern Africa.”
Cahier du CinemaRead More »
A parachute jump is performed by an artist and his girlfriend at the opening of an exhibition in the artist’s studio. An art dealer and a number of friends are invited to the event.Read More »
Fact-based biography of James Bond author Ian Fleming. The film focuses on his wartime exploits and romantic adventures, which ultimately led to his creation of the super-spy.Read More »
Jack Stryker took two bullets in the leg in Vietnam and was carried back by one of his men. When he returns, he tries to live a quiet life in his cabin and go back out with his girlfriend, Sally.Read More »
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Though the kinky characters and aberrant social behavior common to the works of Spanish director Pedro Almodovar are very evident in his Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, the film is at heart a door-slamming farce in the grand tradition. The tiny apartment of pregnant actress Carmen Maura is the “Grand Central Station” setpiece for this dizzying tale. Distraught over her recent breakup with her lover, Carmen prepares to overdose on sleeping pills, which she blends into a gazpacho so they’ll go down easier. She is diverted from her suicide by her best friend Maria Barranco, a fugitive from justice (her boy friend is a Shi’Ite terrorist) who needs a place to stay. Later, when Carmen’s apartment is empty, her ex-lover’s grown son (Antonio Banderas) comes to the apartment with his fiance (Rossy de Palma) in answer to Carmen’s “room to let” newspaper ad. The wife inadvertently ingests Carmen’s “pill sauce,” and as she blissfully snoozes, the husband inaugurates an affair with Carmen’s friend Barranco.Read More »
From DVD booklet:
The works recorded here are made by Jun Kurosawa mainly in his years
at university.
The remarks on Jun Kurosawa’s works have been focusing on his
impulse of destruction, which are expressed in degenerative keywords
such as “death” and “thanatos”: whereas aesthetical images are
also often mentioned. Is it because his distinct features help them to
establish such images? The features can be described as “film scratch”
and “harsh noise,” all of which can be found in his masterpieces such
as “NEKO-MIMI (1994)” and “JESUS WITH ONE LEG (1991-1994).”Read More »
from letterboxd:
This is Kurosawa Jun, so naturally some symbolism eludes my thought process, but the sensory experience of a crystal ship sailing down the ocean of radiance holds intrinsic merit. Not only does Kurosawa depict shape in a more dynamic arrangement than usual, but the cadence he establishes forms an engaging leitmotif throughout.Read More »